récurrence
French, noun/ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃s/
récurrence is spelled R-É-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,423rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Récurrence is a French feminine noun meaning “recurrence (return or reversion to a certain state)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Retour à un état antérieur, à une position passée”.
What does récurrence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecurrence (return or reversion to a certain state)
- 2
femininemathematical induction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Retour à un état antérieur, à une position passée. 2. État, propriété de ce qui est récurrent, qui revient. 3. Retour d’une espèce ou d’un organe à un type antérieur. 4. Raisonnement par récurrence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of récurrence
- récurrences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce récurrence?
- /ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃s/
- \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to récurrence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is récurrence in French?
récurrence appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).